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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

rhētoricus

rhētoricus (feminine rhētorica, neuter rhētoricum, comparative rhētoricōteros)
Classical[rʰeːˈtɔ.rɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[reˈtɔː.ri.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverhetorical, of or pertaining to rhetoric or a rhetoritician

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerhētoricusrhētoricarhētoricum
genitiverhētoricīrhētoricaerhētoricī
dativerhētoricōrhētoricaerhētoricō
accusativerhētoricumrhētoricamrhētoricum
ablativerhētoricōrhētoricārhētoricō
vocativerhētoricerhētoricarhētoricum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerhētoricīrhētoricaerhētorica
genitiverhētoricōrumrhētoricārumrhētoricōrum
dativerhētoricīsrhētoricīsrhētoricīs
accusativerhētoricōsrhētoricāsrhētorica
ablativerhētoricīsrhētoricīsrhētoricīs
vocativerhētoricīrhētoricaerhētorica

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

rhetorice, tragice ornare aliquid (Brut. 11. 43)
to add rhetorical, dramatic embellishments to a subject.

rhētŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = ῥητορικός,
I. of or belonging to a rhetorician, rhetorical.
I. Adj.: nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133: ars, i. e. a treatise on rhetoric, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7: rhetorici doctores, i. e. teachers of rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86: syllogismus, Quint. 5, 10, 3; 9, 4, 57: libri, books on rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10. — Hence,
II. Substt.
A. rhētŏrĭca, ae, or rhētŏrĭcē, ēs, f. (the first form in Cic., the latter in Quint.), the art of oratory, rhetoric: dicam, si potero, rhetorice, sed hac rhetoricā philosophorum, non nostrā illa forensi, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: rhetorice est bene dicendi scientia, Quint. 5, 10, 54: et rhetorice, cui nomen vis eloquentiae dedit, id. 2, 1, 5: jus rhetorices, id. prooem. § 23: rhetoricen exercere, id. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 24: de rhetorice, id. 2, 15, 10. —
B. rhētŏrĭci, ōrum, m.
1. Teachers of oratory, = rhetores, ipsi magistri, qui rhetorici vocantur, Cic. de Or. 1, 12, 52.—
2. Books on rhetoric: nisi rhetoricos suos (the erroneouslynamed books de Inventione) ipse adulescenti sibi elapsos diceret (Cicero), Quint. 3, 1, 20; so, in rhetoricis, id. 2, 15, 6; also in sing.: sicut ex Ciceronis rhetorico primo manifestum est, id. 3, 5, 14; 3, 6, 58.—
C. Neutr. plur.: rhētŏrĭca, ōrum, rhetoric: rhetorica mihi vestra sunt nota, Cic. Fat. 2, 4.— Adv.: rhētŏrĭcē, in an oratorical or rhetorical manner, oratorically, rhetorically: rhetorice igitur nos mavis quam dialectice disputare? Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: ejus mortem rhetorice et tragice ornare, id. Brut. 11, 43: quam rhetorice! id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*werh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéryeti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wéřřō
  4. Ancient Greek εἴρω(eírō)
  5. Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ(rhḗtōr)
  6. Ancient Greek -κός(-kós)
  7. Ancient Greek -ῐκός(-ĭkós)
  8. Latinrhētoricus

Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós)bor. Latin rhētoricus Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós).

Descendants
  • Catalanretòric
  • Englishrhetoric
  • Frenchrhétorique
  • Italianretorico
  • Portugueseretórico
  • Romanianretoric
  • Spanishretórico
  • Galicianretórico
  • Piedmonteseretòrich
  • Sicilianritòricu

In English words that came into English from rhētoricus

  • rhetoricrhētoricus

Quick answers

What does rhētoricus mean in Latin?
rhētoricus, a adjective, means “rhetorical, of or pertaining to rhetoric or a rhetoritician”.
How do you pronounce rhētoricus?
In classical Latin, [rʰeːˈtɔ.rɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈtɔː.ri.kus].
Where does rhētoricus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *wéryeti → Proto-Hellenic *wéřřō → Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō) → Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr) → Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) → Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) → Latin rhētoricus.